"William Shaw also settled on both sides of Little River, his land lying back of the old Holt and Litchfield farms. He was the grandfather of the ill-fated Elizabeth Shaw." (source: file:///home/chronos/u-360e933de45dc393ee95afcb8b24a84d6153b9d7/MyFiles/Downloads/EarlyHomesteadsofPomfretandHampton_10857731.pdf)
Sources
"Salem, MA Vital Records (Births) to 1850" Published by: The Essex Institute, Salem, MA 1916,Transcribed by Coralynn Brown, Surnames Sackinbotam to Sheapard "William (Shae), s, William and Elizabeth, 25: 7m: 1672, CT.R"
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1L-194 : accessed 28 October 2015), William Shaw and Johanna Pudney, 17 May 1694; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: